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PUBLISHED ON December 3, 2022
– by Gabriel Agboeze
As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Peter 4: 10 KJV
God doesn’t bless anyone for themself alone, He blesses one so that the lives of others could be touched. The gifts of the LORD are channels used to touch other lives. God blessed Abraham, and Abraham in turn blessed Lot and his entire household. Gifts are meant to serve everybody and not just the carrier alone. When a carrier of a gift or blessing is failing to adequately influence and touch the lives of others positively, that blessing is questionable because anything that is from God is for all. Givers never lack, God designed creation to give to others what He has given to one. When you withhold the blessing from spreading to others, God withholds His increase.
God loves everybody but God has preference for the blessings, He loved all the sons of Jesse, but David was selected to be King and through David his lineage became great and famous in Israel. One person is what God needs and others will become partakers of the blessings. Develop a heart for people, whatever you do include others, when you affect lives with what you have, the next level will always be certain. Touching lives is not only measured in money, it can be good counsel, care and genuine show of concern to what people are passing through and devoting yourself to pray for others in need. When you meet the needs of others, God will certainly meet yours. life is give and take, what you give out from the blessings of the LORD upon your life determines what enters your hands next. Give wisely and not foolishly. Give only when it is needed and necessary and not when it is for pleasure or for self-glorification.
Prayer of the Day: LORD, I ask that for the grace to think of others, help me to live a selfless life. Help not to ignore what I have been empowered to fix right, I receive the grace to use rightly what You have blessed me with, so help me God, amen. Today you’ll see the mercy of God in your endeavor. You are coming back home full of laughter.
